[MARMAM] New paper on North Pacific right whales (Dana Wright - NOAA Affiliate)

[Dana Wright]

Dear colleagues,

My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the recent publication of the
following Note in Marine Mammal Science: Acoustic detection of the North
Pacific right whale in the northern Bering Sea



Wright DL, Berchok CL, Crance JL, Clapham PJ (2018) Acoustic detection of
the North Pacific right whale in the northern Bering Sea. Mar Mamm Sci
http://dx.doi.org/10./mms.12521



This Note describes the acoustic detection of the critically endangered
(n~30) North Pacific right whale (NPRW; *Eubalaena japonica*) at one
recording station in the northern Bering Sea (61.59°N, 171.33°W) from
September 2009 to September 2016. A total of 139 upcalls and 15,575 gunshot
calls were heard between 27 July and 24 September 2016, with the majority
of calling in September. It is unclear at this time why NPRW only recently
and briefly were detected in the passive acoustic recordings in the
northern Bering Sea. Nevertheless, the degree to which the presence of NPRW
in this region is linked to changing climatic conditions needs to be
explored given the present paucity of individuals in this population and
the relatively rapid rate of climate change in the Arctic.



Please contact me for a copy of the publication at dana.wri...@noaa.gov.



Best wishes,

Dana



Research Scientist

Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean

and
The Marine Mammal Laboratory

AFSC | NMFS | NOAA

7600 Sand Point Way NE, Bldg 4


Seattle, WA 98115


206-526-4023 | dana.wri...@noaa.gov
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[MARMAM] Sealcentre Pieterburen Vet Internships 2018 & 2019

[Ana Rubio García | Zeehondencentrum]

Dear all,

We are pleased to announce:





VETERINARY DEPARTMENT INTERNSHIP – SEALCENTRE PIETERBUREN



The Sealcentre Pieterburen, the Netherlands, has an exciting opportunity for
*two Veterinary Interns *to work in our Veterinary and Seal Care
Departments. Both positions last one year, one is scheduled to start in
October 2018, and the other in April 2019. Previous marine mammal or
wildlife experience is a plus. The Sealcentre’s Veterinary Department
includes two veterinarians and two veterinary interns. We are looking for a
highly motivated and dynamic candidate who will join our team and will work
closely in a team setting with staff and volunteers to assist with all
aspects of veterinary care and husbandry of sick and injured seals. Other
responsibilities include but are not limited to: daily care of animals,
transport of live/dead marine animals, maintenance of daily nutritional and
medical records, sampling for various research projects, and  data entry.
Additional duties and projects may be assigned by staff.



The interns are required to find their own transportation to Pieterburen
and we provide housing (fully equipped), meals, and health insurance. These
positions are unpaid. The interns should expect to be scheduled to cover a
variety of shifts including weekdays, nights, weekends, and holidays. The
ideal candidate should be mature and motivated, and possess a strong work
ethic and excellent observational and communication skills (a fluent
English level is required). Due to Visa requirements we are currently only
able to accept applicants with a European passport.



The deadline for applications is July 31st  2018. Interested applicants
should submit a copy of the CV, an intention letter, and two recommendation
letters. Note that the application materials should be in English.
Applications and questions should be submitted to v...@zeehondencentrum.nl
indicating in the subject VETERINARY INTERN 2018/2019.



For more information about the Sealcentre Pieterburen  visit
www.zeehondencentrum.nl


*Ana Rubio García*
*Head of the Veterinary & Research Department*
Mobile phone: +31 (0)6 12 981154
Email: ana.rubiogar...@zeehondencentrum.nl

Zeehondencentrum Pieterburen. Healthy sea, happy seal.



Hoofdstraat 94a

9968 AG Pieterburen

T +31 (0)595 526 526

E: i...@zeehondencentrum.nl

I: www.zeehondencentrum.nl



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[MARMAM] Virological Sampling of Inaccessible Wildlife with Drones

[Vanessa Pirotta (HDR)]

Dear MARMAM colleagues,
My co-authors and I are pleased to announce the publication of the following 
manuscript now available online:

Virological Sampling of Inaccessible Wildlife with Drones

Geoghegan, J.L.; Pirotta, V.; Harvey, E.; Smith, A.; Buchmann, J.P.; Ostrowski, 
M.; Eden, J.-S.; Harcourt, R.; Holmes, E.C. Virological Sampling of 
Inaccessible Wildlife with Drones. Viruses 2018, 10, 300.

Abstract:

There is growing interest in characterizing the viromes of diverse mammalian 
species, particularly in the context of disease emergence. However, little is 
known about virome diversity in aquatic mammals, in part due to difficulties in 
sampling. We characterized the virome of the exhaled breath (or blow) of the 
Eastern Australian humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae). To achieve an 
unbiased survey of virome diversity, a meta-transcriptomic analysis was 
performed on 19 pooled whale blow samples collected via a purpose-built 
Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV, or drone) approximately 3 km off the coast of 
Sydney, Australia during the 2017 winter annual northward migration from 
Antarctica to northern Australia. To our knowledge, this is the first time that 
UAVs have been used to sample viruses. Despite the relatively small number of 
animals surveyed in this initial study, we identified six novel virus species 
from five viral families. This work demonstrates the potential of UAVs in 
studies of virus disease, diversity, and evolution.

Keywords: whale;  virome; drone;  mammalian host;  virosphere

Publication available here:

http://www.mdpi.com/1999-4915/10/6/300

Best regards,

Vanessa Pirotta


Vanessa Pirotta | PhD Candidate
Marine Predator Research Group
Department of Biological Sciences
Faculty of Science and Engineering
Macquarie University, NSW 2109, Australia
Twitter: @VanessaPirotta
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[MARMAM] New publication - Fusariosis in a captive South American sea lion

[Laura Reisfeld]

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of all co-authors, I am pleased to announce the publication of our 
article about fusariosis in a captive South American sea lion.


Laura Reisfeld, Carlos Sacristan, Paloma Canedo, Bruna Schwarz, Ana Carolina 
Ewbank, Fernando Esperon, Jose Luiz Catao-Dias (2018). Fusariosis in a Captive 
South American Sea Lion (Otaria flavescens): A Case Report.  Mycopathologia, 
doi: 10.1007/s11046-018-0270-9


In this manuscript we described the clinical signs, associated lesions and 
diagnosis (thermography, imprint cytology, histopathology, culture, electron 
microscopy, PCR) of a fusariosis case by Fusarium sp. in the nails and skin of 
an adult male captive South American sea lion (Otaria flavescens) recently 
transferred from another zoological institution, and its successful long-term 
treatment with Ketoconazole PO (60 days) and Miconazole solution spray TO, 
followed by Itraconazole PO (30 days). Herein we provide a successful approach 
to the diagnosis and treatment of fusariosis.


You can discover more in the links: https://rdcu.be/OhV4 and

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11046-018-0270-9


The article is available at link above or email: 
laura...@aquariodesaopaulo.com.br

Best regards

Laura Reisfeld



DVM, MSc,

Aquario de Sao Paulo


Laboratory of  Wildlife Comparative Patholog y - LAPCOM

School of  Veterinary Medicine and Animal Sciences - FMVZ
University of São Paulo (Brazil)


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[MARMAM] 5 PhDs in Aquatic Animal Health including 1 on marine mammals

[Sandro Mazzariol]

Dear all

I'd like to announce that Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food
Science of the University of Padova - Italy opens a call for 5 PhD
students with a degree in biology or veterinary medicine. One of the
possible projects is focused on marine mammal tissue banking, cell
cultures and metagenomic.

All these PhD courses are organized within a largest project funded by
the Italian Ministry for Research focusing on Aquatic Animal's Health
including the implementation of drones for sampling, big data and
machine learning, augmented reality and biobanking.

General information on:

http://www.unipd.it/bandi-graduatorie-dottorati.



PhD call http://www.unipd.it/sites/unipd.it/files/2018/Sc%20veter_34.pdf


_*Deadline June 26th 13:00 Rome Time
*_



Sandro Mazzariol

--
Dr. Sandro Mazzariol, DVM, PhD
Dipartimento di Biomedicina Comparata e Alimentazione (BCA)
Università degli Studi di Padova
Cetaceans strandings Emergency Response Team (CERT)

AGRIPOLIS - Ed. Museo
Viale dell'Università 16
35020 - Legnaro (PD)

tel.: +39 049 827 2963
fax:  +39 049 827 2973
skype: smazzariol

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[MARMAM] New paper on porpoise detections in noisy environments

[Jonas Teilmann]

Dear colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the publication of the following open access paper in 
Bioacoustics: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09524622.2018.1477071
https://doi.org/10.1080/09524622.2018.1477071
Karin Tubbert Clausen, Jakob Tougaard, Jacob Carstensen, Matthieu Delefosse & 
Jonas Teilmann (2018): Noise affects porpoise click detections - the magnitude 
of the effect depends on logger type and detection filter settings, 
Bioacoustics, DOI: 10.1080/09524622.2018.1477071
Abstract
Automatic click detectors and full-bandwidth sound recorders are widely used in 
passive acoustic monitoring of small cetaceans. Detection of these signals 
depends on a variety of factors, including signal to noise ratio. Passive 
acoustic monitoring is often used to study impact of underwater noise on small 
cetaceans, but as detection probability is affected by changes in signal to 
noise ratio, variable noise levels may affect conclusions drawn from these 
experiments. Therefore, we examine how different detectors and filters perform 
in varying ocean noise conditions. C-PODs and full-bandwidth recorders 
(Wildlife Acoustics, SM2M+) were deployed at two stations in an environment 
with fluctuating ambient noise for 42 days. Noise level and harbour porpoise 
(Phocoena phocoena) click trains simultaneously recorded on both loggers were 
compared. Overall, we found that porpoise click detections by the algorithm 
used to analyse full-band recorder data (Pamguard) paralleled detections by the 
C-POD. However, Pamguard detected significantly more clicks than the C-POD. A 
decrease in detections was seen for both loggers with increasing noise in the 
band 20 -160 kHz, in particular for levels above 100 dB re 1μPa rms. We also 
found that the Pamguard detection function changed the least over varying noise 
conditions when compared to the C-POD detectors. This study sheds light on the 
fact that inference of animal presence/absence or density that are based on 
echolocation cues (here, Porpoise Positive Minutes) shall account for the 
acoustic environments where probability of detecting signals may be affected by 
variability in ambient noise levels.
Best regards
Jonas Teilmann
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E-mail: j...@bios.au.dk

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Department of Bioscience
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